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Thanks Bill! Is Tru-oil alcohol soluble? Whatever is on the gun now is very easily alcohol soluble. Do you know what might have been period correct for these Savage era guns? I’m a guitar builder and am ver comfortable with wood finishing so would feel comfortable applying most finishes, but would love to be as close to period correct as possible.
Also, maybe on a tangent, but do Fox collectors care less about original wood finish? I feel like I see many more Foxes going for good money that have been refinished than I see with other guns. Does “period correct” or wood refinishing matter less to the typical Fox collector? |
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06-22-2024, 11:34 AM | #4 | ||||||
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06-22-2024, 11:43 AM | #5 | ||||||
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Thanks Dave! Would it be the most appropriate course to refinish this also in lacquer since it seems this finish isn’t original? Or now that it has already been refinished by someone, would it be more advantageous to refinish in a different method?
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Timberluxe is very forgiving to use and holds up well.
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06-22-2024, 03:51 PM | #7 | ||||||
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06-23-2024, 07:24 AM | #8 | ||||||
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During the majority of Fox production the Sterlingworths, A grades and B grades were finished in sprayed lacquer. Lacquer chips easily and crazes with time. Most have had some type of finish restoration either top coated or fully redone. Finding a other than very high condition Sterlingworth with original finish is very rare.
The only solvent for a dried oil finish is a long soak in Acetone from my experience. Alcohol will remove shellac easily, lacquer thinner will remove lacquer. |
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06-23-2024, 08:26 AM | #9 | ||||||
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E I DuPont's "Duco" as used on late Phila and Utica Fox guns was a nitrocellulose lacquer with added ingredient to make it somewhat more flexible when hunted in extremes of temperature. I'm quite sure it was sprayed to apply and suspect but don't know for sure that it had a coloring compound added to darken lighter shaded walnut. That Duco finish has become more brittle over the decades and as Craig noted, honest lower grade Foxes that were hunted will show chips, flaking, crazing, etc. The closest authentic finish you might do today is with Guitar nitrocellulose lacquer as available on Amazon and otherwise on-line in both liquid and spray cans. The liquid as applied using a small sprayer would probably give the best finish with a minimum of fine sanding between coats.
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06-23-2024, 08:44 AM | #10 | ||||||
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Has anyone used permalac? Its pretty good stuff
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